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The source said: 'Stacey got it done on Tuesday and even though it was pretty painful, she’s really pleased with it.

'Most of the time it will be out of view but if she wants to give Ryan a reminder of his appalling behaviour, then all she has to do is put her hair in a bobble.'

Stunner: After a mass of cheating allegations, the 37-year-old beauty stuck by the sportsman, 42, yet late last month it was revealed they had split for good

Up close: Stacey finally called time on the 15 year marriage after news surfaced that he flirted with a waitress in a restaurant near their home

MailOnline has contacted a representative for Ryan for comment.

News of the tattoo comes shortly after she was spied on a night out in Manchester with Gary Neville's wife Emma - where Stacey appeared extremely upset as she was left in tears.

Stacey was left bereft after the demise of her marriage following a string of allegations regarding Ryan's flirtations with other women.

After standing by him through a host of alleged affairs and infidelities, the most recent claims appear to be the final straw which led to the end of their 15 year marriage.

The couple's marriage is said to have broken down when Ryan was caught flirting with other women, which comes fives years after his highly-publicised affairs with Imogen Thomas and his sister-in-law Natasha Giggs, were revealed in 2011.

Moving on: News of the tattoo comes shortly after she was spied on a night out in Manchester with Gary Neville's wife Emma - where Stacey appeared extremely upset as she was left in tears

The couple have two children together after nine years of marriage and are said to have managed to work through their issues until just three months ago, when Stacey discovered that he had been flirting with waitresses in a restaurant near their Greater Manchester home.

To add salt to the wound, television personality Katie Price recently claimed that she too was the recipient of the footballer's attention during his relationship with Stacey.

The glamour model described the former Manchester United player as 'charming' and 'intense' when she recalled their encounter on Loose Women on Tuesday.

She said: 'Years ago I met Ryan, and I felt like he was flirting with me. But it was a different kind of flirting, he was very quiet, charming, but intense.'

Stoic: The couple have two children together after nine years of marriage and are said to have managed to work through their issues until just three months ago, when Stacey discovered that he had been flirting with waitresses in a restaurant near their Greater Manchester home

Earlier this month, the Manchester United star's £2million mansion was targeted by vandals who spray-painted 'cheating t**t' along its giant fence.

The millionaire footballer has CCTV of the hooded gang's criminal damage outside his six-bedroom mansion in Greater Manchester last night and a friend told MailOnline his estranged wife is distraught.

A friend told MailOnline: 'I spoke to Stacey this morning and she said it was two hooded men late last night. They caught it on CCTV. His gate was terrible. When I saw Stacey this morning she was outside with the painters. She was upset. It is not fair. Stacey and Ryan have young children'.